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Bear With Me is a 2D Black-and-white, Point and click "horror" adventure developed by Exordium Games based in Zagreb, Croatia. Bear With Me is a first adventure game made by Exordium Games. Player takes a role of Amber Ashworth, a 10 year old girl as she attempts to find her missing brother.

First edition (short description)
The story of Bear with me is set in a small family home whilst a dark and stormy night. Main character Amber, the 10 year old girl, realizes that her brother, Flint, has gone missing. Amber seeks out the help of Ted E. Bear, a private investigator who also happens to be her stuffed teddy bear. Ted E. agrees to take on the case so they two start looking around the house for clues about Flint´s disappearance not prepared for the things they will soon discover.

New features (latest content added, description)
Bear with me had small playable version that looked more like a vertical slice then like a demo. The eary testers of demo version mostly liked the graphic design and style direction. Also, Amber's graphics and animations looked a little unfinished to the testers. Developers have decided to keep the initial 8 direction movement, but they've decided to add more detail to her and more animation sprites in every direction.

Gameplay

 * Classic point´n´click mechanic, explore the game with movement and interaction.
 * Hundreds of interactive items to explore, the mystery unfolds in Amber's house which is full of objects you can interact with.
 * Dialogues and interrogations full of puns, sarcastic, dark and funny from start to finish.
 * Collect and combine items to solve the case of Amber's missing Brother.
 * Play both Amber and her hunter Red giving you the ability to control the non-linear story and make choices on your own.

The Characters
Amber Ashworth

Amber is a bright girl who likes crime novels and mystery movies and dislikes anything stupid. When she finds that her brother's gone missing she sets out to find him, relying only on her wits, healthy dose of sarcasm and her trusty, mystery solving companion Ted E. Bear.

Ted E. Bear

Mr. Bear is an experienced private “snoop” whose years of crime solving took their toll on his “sunny” disposition. Although Ted E. Bear gave up on the world of intrigues and mystery years ago, he becomes suspicious on Flint's disappearance. His stuffed heart can't bear to see Amber down so he takes on the case with a bad feeling in his gut.

Red

Amber and Ted E. Bear still don't know much about his presence. Help them solve the mystery and shed a light on this dark haunting persona.

Reception (citations, game response)
Bear With Me was generally well received and won awards including Reebot's "Best Indie Game" (2014). Based eary teaser and screenshot users have had many positive comments including "Bears, puns and noir mysteries. I'm in"; "Has great potencial to scare"; "I'm loving the artwork"